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Artist Maura Allen to open new show at Sorrel Sky

For artist Maura Allen, who was born and raised in northern California and who currently lives in Denver, the West is a place she’s always loved. Allen will open her newest show, ...

DATE: Sep 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Arts Calendar

Friday Artist workshop with Robert Turner, 9:30 a.m., $450, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave., 247-3555. Preschool story time, 10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East...

DATE: Sep 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering to celebrate 29th year

Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering will start Thursday and run through Oct. 8. It’s a weekend filled with music, poetry, a cowboy parade and other events that celebrate the American West. ...

DATE: Sep 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Veep’ star Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has breast cancer

LOS ANGELES – Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The star of “Veep” and “Seinfeld” posted word of her illness Thursday on social media. A spokeswo...

DATE: Sep 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Hefner dreamed of being cartoonist; instead, he changed market for top comic artists

Before he became a publisher of posed flesh and prose, Hugh Hefner dreamed of becoming a cartoonist. Young Hugh knew that the striking visual line could help deliver a message, and so he ske...

DATE: Sep 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books

Movies playing in Durango Sept. 29-Oct. 5

Animas City Theatre (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com) The Glass Castle (128 E. College Drive, 799-2281, www.animascitytheatre.com)A young woman who, influe...

DATE: Sep 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Nemirov to present artist talk at Durango Arts Center

Artist Meredith Nemirov will present an artist talk, “Why Draw a Tree in Mallorca?” at 7 tonight (Wednesday) at Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. Every year, Nemirov trave...

DATE: Sep 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Robert Plant releases new track, announces 2018 tour

NEW YORK – Robert Plant is going on tour in North America next year to support his upcoming album, “Carry Fire.” The former Led Zeppelin frontman announced Tuesday that his 2018 t...

DATE: Sep 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

‘Gotham’s’ villains continue to steal the show as Batman has yet to begin

Note: Spoilers for the season premiere of “Gotham” below.Everything “Gotham” is and isn’t right now can be summed up in one rooftop scene between Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle from the fou...

DATE: Sep 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Lady Gaga on being famous: ‘Not all it’s cracked up to be’

Lady Gaga has written an emotional message to fans to mark of the release of her new Netflix documentary. In a note posted to Twitter, Gaga writes that the film reveals “that fame...

DATE: Sep 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

This Lego movie doesn’t really ﬁt in

Legos were invented in 1949. The character of Batman, 10 years before that. “The Lego Movie” (2014) and this year’s “The Lego Batman Movie” riffed brilliantly on those storied histories – si...

DATE: Sep 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Friend Request’: Mild Facebook anxiety becomes a supernatural nightmare

In the age of social media, is being alone the ultimate horror? The mildly creepy thriller “Friend Request” takes Facebook anxiety and turns it into a supernatural nightmare. While that’s no...

DATE: Sep 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.